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If you\u2019ve been diagnosed with high blood pressure, your well-meaning doctor probably told you to cut down on FAT and SALT!<\/p>\nIf you\u2019ve been diagnosed with high blood pressure, your well-meaning doctor probably told you to cut down on FAT and SALT!<\/p>\n
But a new study published in American Journal of Cardiology reveals another common ingredient that\u2019s much, much worse for blood pressure.<\/p>\n
People who consume most of this ingredient have up to 76% higher blood pressure and are twice as likely to develop chronic hypertension than those who consume less.<\/p>\n
The worst part is, you\u2019re most definitely consuming this ingredient every day yourself.<\/p>\n
We all know that sugar is related to risk of developing obesity, which in turn is a risk factor for hypertension.<\/p>\n
In this study, however, researchers found that sugar directly cause high blood pressure even if obesity is absent.<\/p>\n
The study team gathered data on nearly 400,000 people from 12 previously published studies and analyzed them for common health trends.<\/p>\n
What they discovered was that people who consume 3 or more sugary beverages (sodas, sugary fruit juices etc) had 26 to 76 percent higher blood pressure than those who drank little or no sweetened drinks. <\/p>\n
And they were almost twice as likely to develop chronic hypertension than non-sugar-drinkers.<\/p>\n
The largest impact on high blood pressure was contributed by sugared drinks that have no other nutritional value (did someone say cola?).<\/p>\n